Kraemer, Joe

PERSONAL

Born in western NY; father, a bank employee; married Heidi Van Lier (an actress, writer, and director); children: one. Education: Attended Berklee School of Music and University of Southern California.

Career: Composer, music conductor, sound designer and editor, director, and producer. Performed as a musician; record producer for other performers; worked as an intern at a theatre.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Dialogue editor, Dumb & Dumber (also known as Dumb Happens and Misled and Uninformed), New Line Cinema, 1994.

Sound editor, The Grass Harp, Fine Line Features, 1995.

Music editor and sound editor, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996.

Sound designer and associate producer, Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999.

Assistant to main music editor, Hanging Up (also known as Aufgelegt!), Columbia, 2000.

Music conductor and song performer of song "How to Make a Margarita," The Way of the Gun, Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

Sound effects editor, Frailty (also known as Daemonisch and Nessuno e al sicuro), Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Producer, Monday, 2006.

Director of various films that he also wrote and scored, beginning in high school.

Film Appearances:

Voice of Randy, Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999. Monday, 2006.

Appeared in various films he wrote and directed and super 8 film projects.

Television Work; Series:

Sound editor, Land's End, syndicated, 1995–96.

Television Work; Movies:

Music consultant, The Pentagon Wars, HBO, 1998.

Music arranger and music producer, Hard Ground, The Hallmark Channel, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Recorded albums, including Phonographic Memory.

Album Producer:

Producer of albums, including the Dylan Kussman album Unemployed on This Asteroid.

WRITINGS

Film Music:

(With Kevin Kliesch) Songs, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996.

Burn, 1998.

Final Decision, 1998, York Entertainment, 2003.

Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999.

Additional music, We Married Margo, KOAN, Inc., 2000.

Temporary score, Hanging Up (also known as Aufgelegt!), Columbia, 2000.

Slammed, A la Carte Entertainment, 2000.

The Way of the Gun, Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

Additional music, The Circle (short film), Mercury Films/Too Fat to Fish, 2001.

Temporary score, Osmosis Jones, Warner Bros., 2001.

(Uncredited; scenes deleted) A Beautiful Mind, Universal, 2001.

Dynamite (also known as Family under Siege), Porch-Light Entertainment, 2002.

Esmeraldero (also known as Emerald Cowboy), Indican Pictures 2003.

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (also known as Hitcher 2 and Hitcher 2: The Prey), Universal Studios Home Video, 2003.

The Last Stop Cafe (short film), Dalvey Road Entertainment, 2003.

Open House, Bugeater Films/NeoFight Film, 2004.

Somewhere, Summerland Story Company, 2004.

All Souls Day: Dia de los muertos (also known as Dia de los muertos), IDT Entertainment Sales, 2005.

My Big Fat Independent Movie, Aloha Pictures/Film Threat/Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2005.

Ten 'til Noon, Shut Up & Shoot Pictures, 2005.

The Darkroom, CFQ Films/Mindfire Entertainment, 2006.

Monday, 2006.

Room 6, CFQ Films/Haunted Hospital Productions, 2006.

An Unreasonable Man (also known as Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man), 2006.

Composer, director, and actor in various films, beginning in high school. Wrote music for super 8 film projects. Some sources cite Kraemer as the composer for Grand Junction.

Television Music; Series:

Contributing composer, Undressed (also known as MTV's "Undressed"), MTV, 1999–2002.

Television Music; Movies:

Framed, TNT, 2002.

Hard Ground, The Hallmark Channel, 2003.

Mystery Woman, The Hallmark Channel, 2003.

A Time to Remember, The Hallmark Channel, 2003.

A Place Called Home, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

The Trail to Hope Rose, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim, Sci-Fi Channel, 2005.

McBride: Murder Past Midnight, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Mystery Woman: Game Time, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Mystery Women: Sing Me a Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Mystery Woman: Snapshot, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

The Poseidon Adventure, NBC, 2005.

Television Music; Episodic:

Composer of music for an animated project that appeared in Liquid Television, MTV.

Television Music; Pilots:

The Underworld, 1997.

Some sources cite Kraemer as the composer for the pilot Hollywood Vice.

Albums:

Recorded albums, including Phonographic Memory. Some of Kraemer's compositions have been included in soundtrack recordings.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

IGN Web Site, http://filmforce.ign.com, September 19, 2000.

Joe Kraemer, http://www.joekraemer.com, January 16, 2006.